Best Meringue Cheesecake With Coconut And Nuts Recipes

MERINGUE CHEESECAKE WITH COCONUT AND NUTS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Combine coconut, 1/4 cup nuts and butter; press onto bottom of 8-inch springform pan sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 10 to 12 min. or until lightly browned. Cool.
• Meanwhile, beat Neufchatel and 1/2 cup sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add cocoa powder, milk and almond extract; mix well. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended.
• Pour Neufchatel mixture over crust. Bake 25 to 30 min. or until center is almost set. Meanwhile, beat egg whites, vanilla and cream of tartar in large bowl with mixer on medium speed until soft peaks form. Add remaining sugar, 1 Tbsp. at a time, beating on high speed 5 to 6 min. or until stiff peaks form.
• Remove cheesecake from oven. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F. Sprinkle cheesecake with remaining nuts. Cover with egg whites, spreading to edge of pan to completely cover top of cheesecake.
• Return cheesecake to oven; bake 30 min. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate cheesecake 4 hours.

COCONUT MERINGUE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x9-inch baking pan.
• Beat butter and 1/2 cup white sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks.
• Combine flour, baking powder and salt in bowl. Add flour mixture to butter mixture in two parts, alternating with milk and vanilla, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Spread in the prepared pan.
• To Make Topping: Beat egg whites until soft peaks form; add 1/2 cup of the white sugar gradually, and beat until egg whites are stiff. Fold in the coconut. Put spoonfuls here and there over batter, smoothing as best you can.
• Bake in preheated oven until meringue topping starts to brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes.

LEMON MERINGUE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• Mix cookie crumbs and melted butter together in a bowl until evenly combined; press into the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan.
• Beat cream cheese, sour cream, and 1 cup sugar together in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix lemon juice, vanilla extract, and lemon zest into cream cheese mixture, scraping bottom and sides of the bowl. Spread mixture over cookie crust in the springform pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until almost set in the center, about 1 hour. Cool to room temperature and refrigerate until completely cooled, at least 3 to 4 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Beat egg whites in a bowl using an electric mixer until soft peaks form; add 1/4 cup sugar and cream of tartar and beat until stiff, but not dry, peaks form.
• Spread lemon curd over cheesecake. Mound whipped egg whites over the curd, sealing around all the edges.
• Bake in the preheated oven until meringue is golden brown, about 10 minutes. Chill uncovered in refrigerator, about 1 hour.